Example sentences of "but before [pron] [vb mod] be [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 But before they can be used they must go through a market process through the shops .
2 But before they will be explained it is necessary to consider the term genre .
3 A hot denial rose to Lucy 's lips , but before it could be uttered Silas and Matt entered the kitchen to collect the hampers .
4 This contained a variety of animals — fowl and sixty-three unspecified small birds — but before it could be served the platform supporting it gave way and the pie slipped to the ground .
5 But before anything can be put into the hands of the worshipper , many people are involved in its production .
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